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IRONING BOARD.

Patented Dec. 21, 1886.

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Min/64666 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. NEAR, OF CATO, NEW YORK.

IRONING-IBOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,566, dated December21, 1886.

Application filed April 7, 1886. Serial .No. 198,137. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. NEAR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cato, in the county of Cayuga, State of New York, haveinventedccrtain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of whichthe following is aspecification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of devices known asironingboards and it consists in the novel construction and arrangenientof devices, all as will be hereinafter fully explained and particularlypointed out in the appended claim.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of my device readyfor use. Fig. 2 is an under side view of the board detached from thesupport or legs, and Fig. 3 is a face view of the legs or support foldedand upon the wall.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates theironing-board, of the usual tapering form, and provided on its underside with a transverse block, at, having a slot, I), and near one endthereof is a block, 0, provided with a depression, d, by means of whichthe board is hung on a nail in the wall when said board is detached fromthe legs. A perforation, e, is made in the board, through which theshank f of the eyebolt 9 passes, and is screwed into a plate or ironrest, h, on top of the board, thus permitting the rest to remain alwayswith the board. At the same time said rest can be unscrewed therefrom,if desired.

B indicates the main support or leg of the device, having the feet a,and at its upper end a flat head, 12, which engages the slot in theblockc of the board, and this cross-head is further provided with twoarms, 0 0, between which is pivoted the oblique support or leg 0, whichis provided with a rod or brace, d, that is connected to an eyebolt, e,on the leg,

while the hooked end f engages an eye, 9', of

a bolt, h, on the main leg or support. A brace-rod, i, is connected tothe eyebolt g. The opposite free end has a hook, i, that enters aperforation in the main leg, as shown in the drawings.

It will be seen that articles can be ironed on this board withoutchanging its position, and that the board and support can be quicklydetached from one another and readily hung separately upon nails drivenin the wall,thus being out of the way. At the same time it serves apurpose for shipping, as a great many can be stored in a small space,and the brace-rod remains with each piece to which it is pivoted, whichallows it to fold parallel with the leg and the rod 6 with the board.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, 1s-

In an ironing-table, thecombination, with the board A, provided with thetransverse slotted block a on its under side, and with an eyebolt, g, towhich the iron-rest is attached, of the main support B, having its upperend adapted to engage the slot in the block a, the oblique leg 0,pivoted to support 13, and the brace-rods d and z, secured,respectively, to the oblique leg and the eyebolt g, and engaging themain support, all substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. NEAR. Witnesses:

E. O. DOLSEN, JOHN DOLSEN.

